Date:  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:39:32 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Re: pop and soda



    Before we go around the circle again on "Co-cola", any latecomers

might want to consult the ADS-L archives, where various communicants have

previously weighed in on the topic (was it about a year ago?).

    Though my earlier reaction to the reported form was that I had not

heard it, I realized that, on consulting my inner speaker, that [pace the

claim that English lacks geminate consonants] I would informally say

/kowk.kowl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]/, with the dot representing the syllable boundary. I wonder how

many of those represented ORTHOGRAPHICALLY with "co-cola" may actually

say/have said /kowk.kowl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]/ rather than the indicated /kow.kowl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]/?

    --Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)